The Transport Game (UK)

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We walk (4 min / 0.2 mile) to the stop outside the Ivor Arms where we await Adventure Travel service 321 at 1320. We alight at Llantwit Major (Interchange) at 1349 on Friday.

 

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Dan-y-Bryn is literally where my uncle lives!

Perfect time to enter the station and board the 1356 Transport for Wales service 2A36 to Pontypridd, arriving there at 1511 on Friday afternoon.

 

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Google tells us it 12 minutes (0.5 mile0 to stand 5 at Pontypridd Bus Station, so we head there and board the 1545 Harris Coaches service 7. We alight at Pontllanfraith, Avicenna Medical Centre at 1638 on Friday.

 

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We next board the 1657 Stagecoach South Wales Gold service 151 to Newport (St Wooloos Cathedral), arriving there at 1739 on Friday afternoon.

 

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We walk round the corner to the opposite direction stop on Stow Hill (1 min) where we await Newport Bus service 1 at 1823. We alight at Rogerstone (Morrisons) at 1857 on Friday.

 

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We next board the 1906 Stagecoach South Wales service X15 to Brynmawr (Bus Station), arriving there at 2006 on Friday evening.

 

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Unbelievably for this time of night, the above mentioned service X15 is our only remaining option, so we depart stand 1 at 2110 on it. We alight at Newport Bus Station (Market St bit, stand 19) at 2236 on Friday night.

 

[Vexed]

We stroll over to stand 21 and board the 2250 Stagecoach South Wales service 151 to Blackwood Bus Station (Stand 9), arriving at 2341 on Friday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time to take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, so we next board the 0628 Harris Coaches service 12 to Aberbargoed (the bus stop before the Village Hall on Commercial Street) that arrives there at 0648 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 7 minute (0.3 mile) walk takes up to The Graig on Cwmsyfiog Rd, where at 0734 we board Adventure Travel service 1. We take it all the way to Merthyr Tydfil (Bus Station, stand 1) where we arrive at 0841 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0912 Stagecoach South Wales service 79 to Treharris (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0938 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take the 1009 departure on Stagecoac South Wales service 78, alighting at Abergavenny, Bus Station at 1228 on Saturday.

Whilst unclear on bustimes, Stagecoach's website shows this as through journey at Merthyr.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1252 Stagecoach South Wales service 43 to Brecon (Interchange 3 / Heol Gouesnou) that arrives there at 1400 on Saturday afternoon.

 

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We next board the 1410 Adventure Travel TrawsCymru service T6 to Neath (Morrisons), arriving there at 1535 on Saturday afternoon.

 

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We walk (8 mins / 0.4 mile) to the railway station where we board 1V41, Transport for Wales's 1544 service. We alight at Carmarthen at 1655 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1733 Transport for Wales service to Haverfordwest that arrives there at 1811 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Services are slowly starting to dwindle down on a Saturday, so we wait for the 1927 Transport for Wales service 1B41 to Hereford, arriving there at 2255 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is a seven minute minimum connection time at Hereford, which rules out a quick connection, but we can still board the 2315 Transport for Wales service to Cwmbran that arrives there at 2350 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With an ever increasing desire to leave South Wales, we are grateful to have been deposited here as we take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and return in the morning for the 0903 Transport for Wales service 1W03 to Wilmslow, arriving there at 1149 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1220 Northern Trains service to Holmes Chapel that arrives there at 1236 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

With no buses here on a Sunday, we next board the 1308 Northern service, alighting at Cheadle Hulme at 1331 on Sunday.

 

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We exit the station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 1347 Stagecoach Manchester service 42B to Withington (St Paul's), arriving there at 1413 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Some of the Sunday services in this area are poor in comparison with the Monday to Saturday ones, so we next board the 1450 Stagecoach Manchester service 42C to Heaton Mersey (the bus stop near Norris Bank on Didsbury Road) that arrives there at 1510 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1543 Stagecoach Manchester service 23 to Davyhulme (Circle), arriving there at 1633 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1656 Stagecoach Manchester service 15 to Flixton (the bus stop near Roedean Gardens on Lytham Road) that arrives there at 1706 on Sunday afternoon.

 

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We take the four minute walk along Woodsend Crescent Road to the bus stop of the same name, where we board the 1723 Stagecoach Manchester service 256 to Hulme (Hulme Park), arriving there at 1806 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1816 Go North West service 53 to Pendleton (Salford Shopping Centre) that arrives there at 1837 on Sunday evening.

 

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We next board the 1910 Go North West Orbits service 52 to North Manchester General Hospital, arriving there at 1939 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2015 Stagecoach Manchester service 149 to Oldham (Bus Station) that arrives there at 2044 on Sunday evening.

 

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We walk (9 min / 0.4 mile) to Oldham Central tram stop where we board Manchester Metrolink at 2057, alighting at Rochdale Railway Station tram stop at 2118 on Sunday.